Aggregation – part of many regulation for traceability

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What is Aggregation?

Aggregation is a hierarchical, parent-child relationship between a containing object (i.e. parent) and one or more objects (i.e. children) which are contained.

Aggregation may be created or dissolved at practically any point in the hierarchy of trade items and logistics units, aggregating...

• trade items (secondary) to a trade item (tertiary)

• trade items (secondary and/or tertiary) to a logistics unit

• logistics units (e.g., tote) to a logistics unit (e.g., pallet)

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Track&Trace - Serialisierung und Aggregation

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Serialisation

- Serial number on each

folding box

Aggregation

- Serial numbers on each

packaging level

- Exact mapping

Folding box Bundle

Shipper case Pallet

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China Aggregation

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Folding Box Bundle Shipper Case

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USA Aggregation

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• Folding Box Bundle Shiper Case

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Party at beginning of the supply chain (e.g., manufacturer)

• Commissioning

• Packing

• Shipping

EPCIS events captured and shared by . . .

Intermediate parties (e.g., distributor)

• Receiving

• Unpacking

• Packing

• Shipping

Party at end of chain (e.g., pharmacy)

• Receiving

• Unpacking

• Dispensing

• Decommissioning

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Aggregations within a process flowDesigning a Visibility System using EPCIS

F a c t o r y W a r e h o u s e

Vehicle

Con-tainer

Pallet

Case

Item

Commission item SGTIN

Commission case SGTIN

Pack items into cases

Commission pallet SSCC

Pack cases onto pallet

Load pallet into

container

Receive pallet

Transport container

Unload pallet from container